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"The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness." Psalm 147:11 AMP
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A Message from Bishop Anderson
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Bishop Anderson is traveling this week and was not able to write an article.
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From Canon Ashey: Anglican Perspective
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 In the second video of our exploration of the the 39 Articles, Canon Ashey discusses what these statements "do" for us as Anglicans. Citing Dr. J.I. Packer's "The 39 Articles: Their Place and Use Today," Canon Ashey describes them as declaratory, didactic, defensive and doxological. View Anglican Perspective here.
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TEC loses battle for Quincy
| Source: Anglican Ink
September 10, 2013
By George Conger
An Illinois circuit court has rejected the national Episcopal Church's claim that it is a "hierarchical church" under law, handing down a ruling that supports the Diocese of Quincy's secession from the national church.
Details of the court's ruling have yet to be analyzed by Anglican Ink, but the Illinois ruling appears to have rejected the legal arguments brought by the national Episcopal Church in its litigation with departing dioceses and congregations - upholding the neutral principles of law doctrine over deference to the denominational polity of the church....
The rest of the article may be found here.
A.S. Haley's commentary on the decision is here.
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TEC parties to seek Supreme Court rehearing for Texas cases
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Source: Diocese of Ft. Worth (ACNA) 
September 12, 2013
To the clergy and people of the Diocese,
The Texas Supreme Court has granted a TEC request for an extension of 30 days of time to file a motion to rehear the case decided against them on August 30th. TEC attorneys in the other church property dispute decided against them on that same day (Good Shepherd, San Angelo), have done the same thing....
The rest of the letter may be found here.
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Recently Closed Conn. Episcopal Church Leased to Muslim Group as Part of Interfaith Partnership
| Source: Christian Post 
September 10, 2013
By Michael Gryboski
A recently closed church property belonging to the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut will soon be leased to a local Muslim group as part of an interfaith partnership.
The Diocese recently announced the creation of the partnership that provides the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center with facilities used by the former Christ Episcopal Church of Avon....
The rest of the article may be found here.
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South Carolina: A meeting of Anglican bishops
| Source: Treading Grain
September 11, 2013
 The challenge of overlapping jurisdictions was addressed by the Governance Task Force of the Anglican Church in North America at its Provincial Council in June of this year. Noting the good work that has been done in New England under the leadership of Bishops Murdoch and Barnum, the task force expressed the conviction that "geographic density will follow relational density," and encouraged its bishops to take the first steps toward greater unity. With this as a backdrop, Archbishop Duncan invited the bishops from the REC, PEARUSA, the Diocese of South Carolina, the Diocese of the Carolinas, and Diocese of the Holy Cross, Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas to meet [at] Camp St. Christopher to begin a conversation about our overlapping jurisdictions....
The rest of the article and the group's statement may be found here.
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New 'scouting' program for boys God-honoring, Christ-centered
| Source: OneNewsNow
September 07, 2013
By Charlie Butts
A Nashville convention has ended with the launching of a new Christ-centered organization for boys to provide a faith-based program for those who have become disenchanted with the Boy Scouts of America.
Trail Life USA is the culmination of months of planning and prayer following the Scouts' decision this summer to permit open homosexuals as members, turning its back on more than 100 years of being biblically straight. Randy Sharp, director of special projects for American Family Association, attended the conference along with a packed crowd of 1,200 people, mostly men from 44 states who had been part of the Boy Scouts of America. Those men are now helping to launch the faith-based program called Trail Life USA.
"It was very exciting. It was a very festive mood," Sharp tells OneNewsNow. "There were a lot of folks excited about the new program that they had heard so much about, and now they got to see it unveiled."...
The rest of the article may be found here.
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Nigeria Archbishop and wife kidnapped
| Source: Anglican Communion News Service
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Archbishop Kattey
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September 8, 2013
By ACNA Staff
Nigerian Anglican leaders are asking for prayer after the second most senior cleric in the Church of Nigeria was kidnapped by armed men two nights ago.
Dean of the Province and Archbishop of Niger Delta Province, the Most Revd Ignatius Kattey and his wife Beatrice Kattey were kidnapped near their residence at Eleme, Port Harcourt, at around 10.45pm on Friday.
According to one news report, kidnappers abandoned the Archbishop's car containing Mrs Kattey after a police chase, but the Archbishop is still missing....
The rest of the article may be found here.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called for prayers for Archbishop Kattey.
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